Wildfire, Orange
- When
- September 11, 12:50 PM PST to September 12, 5:00 PM PST
- Where
- Orange County, 8 mi E of San Clemente
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 33.677, -117.776 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Wildfire in California, September 11 to 12, 2000
A wild fire was fanned by east winds and burned 500 acres before being contained.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 2
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS SGX wrote it up.
A wild fire was fanned by east winds and burned 500 acres before being contained.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Wildfire
- A fire burning in wildland vegetation, with its acreage and damage where known.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flood and Hail in Iowa, September 11, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Michigan, September 11 to 12, 2000
- Flooding and Hail in Indiana, September 11, 2000
- Flash Flood in Maryland, September 11, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Wisconsin, September 11, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, September 11, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, September 11, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, September 11, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, September 11, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, September 11, 2000
- Flooding and Hail in Illinois, September 11, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, September 11, 2000
More
Every storm in California in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in California, September 2000
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5156466.